The Lionsgate panel at CinemaCon 2025 was packed with John Wick news. It also revealed information about The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping and Now You See Me.

Here are the biggest highlights from what Lionsgate had to show off at CinemaCon 2025.

The extended look of Ballerina showcased some truly brutal action sequences with Ana de Armas showing off what she can do.

“For Bond I only had three weeks of training, but Ballerina was on a whole different level. What I had done in other action films helped me to get through this one but this was by far the most physical thing I have done. Months of training and four or five hours a day with 87 North and then jump in a car to go to a shooting range. Ballet is one of the hardest disciplines. It is so beautiful but they are going through so much pain but keep pushing through.” – Ana de Armas

“Tone is a big thing for me. One of the best things you can get from an action sequence is somebody saying Holy shit, I did not expect that.” – Director Len Wiseman

From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen King’s first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of The Hunger Games franchise films (Catching Fire, Mockingjay – Pts. 1 & 2, and The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), comes THE LONG WALK, an intense, chilling, and emotional thriller that challenges audiences to confront a haunting question: how far could you go? 

David Johnsson says he walked ten to fifteen miles a day while filming while Mark Hamill says if you can’t be the hero, there is nothing better than the villain.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping is deep in the casting process and will begin filming this summer. The animated title sequence was also revealed.

Lionsgate will expand the John Wick universe into a new dimension with an animated action film featuring the renowned assassin. The announcement was made today from the CinemaCon stage by Adam Fogelson, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. It is expected that Keanu Reeves will return to voice his signature character in the animated film.

The animated feature will be produced by the John Wick producing team of Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, 87Eleven Entertainment’s Chad Stahelski, and Keanu Reeves. 87Eleven Entertainment’s Alex Young and Jason Spitz will executive produce.

The film will be directed by Shannon Tindle, an animation veteran who most recently co-wrote and directed the Annie-nominated Netflix film Ultraman: Rising. Tindle also created the double Oscar® nominee Kubo and the Two Strings and served as executive producer/showrunner on the Emmy-winning series “Lost Ollie.” The film will be written by Vanessa Taylor, writer and co-executive producer of “Game of Thrones,” writer of Divergent, and an Oscar® nominee for her work with Guillermo del Toro on the Best Picture winner The Shape of Water.

The animated film will go back in time to tell the story of John Wick before the first film, as he completes the Impossible Task—the killing of all of his rivals in one night—in order to free himself from his obligation to the High Table and earn the right to be with the love of his life, Helen.

Like the live-action feature films, the animated movie will deliver the highly stylized and defined action that John Wick fans expect and will be aimed at more mature audiences.

Fogelson said, “In both animation and the world of John Wick, the possibilities are endless. And there is no John Wick story fans are clamoring for more than the Impossible Task. Shannon’s take on that story is an incredible one, and we are beyond excited to see what John Wick can do in animation.”

Stahelski added, “I’ve always been fascinated with anime. It has always been a huge influence on me, especially with the John Wick series. To have the opportunity to develop a John Wick anime seems to be the perfect progression for the John Wick world. I feel John Wick is the perfect property for this medium—anime holds the potential to expand our world, our characters, and our action in ways unimaginable before.”

Iwanyk and Lee said, “Shannon has a breathtaking vision for a film we’ve all long wanted to make. Alongside Vanessa’s story, we’re hugely excited to bring it to audiences.”

After directing the highly anticipated Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, in theaters November 14, 2025, Ruben Fleischer has entered a deal with Lionsgate to develop and direct a fourth installment of the action-heist franchise. The announcement was made from the CinemaCon stage by Adam Fogelson, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group.

The Now You See Me franchise has taken in $687 million worldwide. The first two films starred Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, and Morgan Freeman, among others, with Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, and Ariana Greenblatt joining as a new generation of illusionists and Rosamund Pike also starring in the franchise’s third installment, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, which has completed principal photography and will be released theatrically on November 14, 2025.

Bobby Cohen, who originally developed and has  produced all the films in the series, will return to produce the new installment alongside Alex Kurtzman of Secret Hideout. Meredith Wieck will oversee the project for Lionsgate. 

Fogelson said, “Ruben has delivered all of the twists and turns and sleight-of-hand that audiences expect from this franchise while upping the stakes and scale in every way. We can’t wait for audiences to discover what he’s done with the third film and thrilled he’ll be making even more magic with us.”

Fleischer added, “Directing Now You See Me: Now You Don’t was as much fun as making any movie in my career. It combines two of my favorite things—heist movies and magic—and working with this incredible cast was truly magical. Of course I want to keep it going.”